Research Article

Soil Properties, Crop Yield, and Economic Return in Response to Lime Application on Acidic Nitisols of Southern Highlands of Ethiopia

Table 5

Yield and yield components of barley as affected by lime and year combined over 2 years on Nitisols in southern Ethiopia.

TreatmentsPlant height (cm)Tillers per plant (no.)Spike length (cm)Total biomass (kg/ha)Grain yield (kg/ha)Straw yield (kg/ha)HI (%)TGW (g)

Year
2020101.197.0a6.8b14224b3476b10748b24.439.4b
202183.171.4b7.7a17486a4138a13348a23.745.8a
Significance levelNS
LSD (0.05)6.50.470.52323655824941.310.7

Lime rate (t·ha1)
Control84.5b3.6b6.713123c3326b9797c25.3ab50.2
2.7487.8ab4.2ab7.115312ab3564ab11749ab23.3ab53.6
4.1195ab3.6b7.114886b4061ab10825b27.3a54.1
5.5497ab4.1ab7.419199a4328a14872a22.5c51.5
6.8590ab5.4a7.116015ab3761ab12254ab23.5ab54.3
8.2298.8a4.5ab8.016595ab3802ab12793ab22.9b51.9
Significance levelNSNS
LSD (0.05)12.81.41.4422788134925.110.6
CV (%)7.621.111.119.612.721.111.712.2

Note. Significant at  ≤ 0.05,  ≤ 0.01, and  ≤ 0.001; NS: not significant. Within a column, means followed by different letters are significantly different at  < 0.05. LSD: least significant difference; CV: coefficient of variation.